Post and brace therefor.



w. HAIGHT. POST AND BRAGE THEREFOR.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 26, 1908.

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UNITED TATES itilENT WALTER HAIGHT, OF READING, MICHIGAN.

POST AND BRAGE THEREFOR.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, \VALTER HAIGHT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Reading, in the county of Hillsdale and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Posts and Braces Therefor; and I do hereby declare the fol lowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in combined posts and braces and more particularly to that class wherein a cement post is used and my object is to provide an anchoring means for the lower end of the post.

A further object is to provide a suitable brace for the post and a still further object is to provide means for extending the lower end of the brace toward or from the post.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter referred to and more particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings which are made a part of this application, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a post and bracing means thereof, a portion of the brace being shown in section, and, Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the post and brace.

Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 indicates the post which is preferably constructed of cement and has at its lower end a shank 2, said shank being pointed, whereby it may be readily entered into the earth, a portion of the upper end of the shank terminating in a stem 3, which enters a socket 4 in the lower end of the post, the shank 2 at its intersection with the stem 3, having a circular flange 5 upon which the lower end of the post rests. The provision of the flange 5 provides a solid support for the post 1 and also prevents the post from unduly settling in the earths surface.

The post 1 is securely braced and held in a vertical position by providing a brace 6, which is substantially L-shape in cross section, the depending flange of which terminates at its upper end in a semi-circular strap 7, which strap extends around a portion of the post, while a similar strap 8 is extended around the remainder of the post and secured to the depending flange of the brace 6 Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. November 25, 1908.

Patented June 15, 1909.

Serial No. 464=,374=.

in any preferred manner, as by means of bolts 9.

The brace 6 extends downwardly at an angle from the post 1 and has its lower end entered in a housing 10 carried by a plate 11, the brace being secured to the housing in any preferred manner, as by means of bolts 12.

At a suitable point between the upper and lower ends of the brace6 is provided abar 13, which bar is provided at its inner end with a collar 1% which collar surrounds the post, while the opposite end of the bar is secured to the depending flange of the brace 6 by means of a bolt 15, the bolt extending through the slot 16 in the brace.

Surrounding the lower end of the post 1 is a split collar 17, to which is secured one end of a rod 18, while to the lower end of the brace 6 is secured one end'of a similar rod 19, the meeting ends of said rods being threaded and engaged by a turn buckle 20.

By providing the rods and attaching the same together by means of the turn buckle, the lower end of the brace 6 may be adjusted at various distances from the lower end of the post and securely held in its adjusted position, the slot 16 in the brace being provided to permit upward or downward movement of the bar 13 when the lower end of the brace is moved from or toward the post.

The post is formed in a suitable mold having a core therein to form the socket in the lower end of the post and a former block at the opposite end of the mold to form the upperend of the post substantially conical.

In applying the postand brace to use, the stem 3 is first introduced in the socket at and secured therein by introducing a pin 21 through the post and the interposed portlon of the stem 3. The post is then placed in position and the shank 2 entered into the ground until the flange 5 has been firmly seated on the earths surface. The circular band formed by the straps 7 and 8 is then introduced over the upper end of the post and the plate 11, to which the opposite end of the brace is secured, seated on the earths surface, the collars 1 1 and 17 having previously been placed in position on the post. The rods 18 and 19 are then drawn toward each other or separated by means of a turn buckle 20 until the brace 6 is disposed at the proper anchorage, when the bolt 15 is introduced through the end of the bar 13 and through the slot 16 and the end of the bar securely clamped to the brace.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a very cheap and economical form of post and brace therefor and one that can be readily applied to use and it will further be seen that by forming the post ofconcrete and brace members of metal the post and brace will be practically indestructible.

that I claim is:

The combination with a post, a brace L- shaped in cross section and having circular straps at one end embracing said post, a plate at the lower end of said brace having a housing receiving the lower end of the brace, means to secure said housing to said brace, a supplemental brace having one end adapted to encompass said post and having its opposite end adapted to engage the vertical flange of said L-shaped brace, and connecting means between said L-shaped and supplemental braces, said L-shaped brace having a longitudinal slot therein receiving said connecting means.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

I'VALTER HAIGI-IT.

lVitnesses R. I. MINER, CHAS. A. ZAOHON. 

